Diocese of Oxford

 

 

We need the “useful” words

Gospel              Luke 4.16–24  Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke All     Glory to you, O Lord.    When he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, he went to the synagogue on the sabbath day, as was his custom. He stood up to read, and the scroll of the…

Don’t lose heart….

Gospel           Luke 18.1–8  Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke All     Glory to you, O Lord.    Jesus told the disciples a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart. He said, ‘In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor had respect…

Act together…say yes to God’s call

Gospel           John 6.25–35   Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John All     Glory to you, O Lord.   When the crowd found Jesus on the other side of the lake, they said to him, ‘Rabbi, when did you come here?’ Jesus answered them, ‘Very truly, I tell you, you are looking…

Serve faithfully and grow in faith

Gospel           Luke 17.5–10  Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke All     Glory to you, O Lord.    The apostles said to the Lord, ‘Increase our faith!’ The Lord replied, ‘If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, “Be uprooted and planted in…

Take hold of life

Gospel Reading          Luke 16.19–31 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke All     Glory to you, O Lord.   ‘There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, covered…

What we serve? What we do?

Gospel Reading          Luke 16.1–13 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke All     Glory to you, O Lord.   Then Jesus said to the disciples, ‘There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was squandering his property. So he…

Love one another…..enough to be seen

Gospel Reading         Luke 14.1, 7–14 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke All     Glory to you, O Lord.   On one occasion when Jesus was going to the house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat a meal on the sabbath, they were watching him closely. When he…

Growing in faith, serving in love

Gospel Reading         Luke 22.24–30  Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke All     Glory to you, O Lord.    A dispute also arose among them as to which one of them was to be regarded as the greatest. But he said to them, ‘The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and…